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The Jason Taylor Reading Room<\/strong>, located at New Renaissance Middle School<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and presented by\u00a0StevenDouglas<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0is a\u00a0FREE<\/strong>, comprehensive after-school program designed to address academic challenges among inner-city youth, particularly in the area of literacy. Middle school students participate in the program for two hours per day, throughout the school year, and are navigated through a rotating academic focus calendar with assistance from a full-time Educational Director, certified teachers and teachers\u2019 aids. The program\u2019s curriculum addresses vocabulary development, reading comprehension, language arts, creative writing skills, oral reading fluency and novel study, as well as ninety minutes of weekly math instruction per grade level. The Reading Room also provides individualized computer assisted learning opportunities and homework support.<\/p>\n In addition, the program\u2019s Case Manager works directly with the students\u2019 schools and their parents to track academic progress, observe in-school performance and address behavioral patterns as they relate to both the in-school and after-school settings.<\/p>\n In an effort to provide a creative outlet, the Reading Room allows students to utilize critical literacy skills as a vehicle for self-expression, both written and through performance, with the\u00a0Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, a spoken word poetry component sponsored by the poetry club at the school. Through the Jason Taylor Foundation\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><\/span> continuing partnerships with other community-based organizations, additional extra-curricular activities are made available to Reading Room students that include a week of activities in Song and Dance, Theater and Poetry, Robotics and Arts & Crafts.<\/p>\n For more information\u00a0on how StevenDouglas partners with the Jason Taylor Foundation, CLICK HERE<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [image src=”http:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Reading-Room-JT-with-Boy.png” shape=”img-rounded”] \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [image src=”http:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Reading-Room-Omari-with-Jarah.png” shape=”img-rounded”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Register your Miramar-based middle school student today by CLICKING HERE! The program is FREE, fully virtual and the online process is fast and easy! Register your child now! The Jason Taylor Reading Room, located at New Renaissance Middle School and presented by\u00a0StevenDouglas\u00a0is a\u00a0FREE, comprehensive after-school program designed to address academic challenges among inner-city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9093"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12220,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9093\/revisions\/12220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}CLICK HERE<\/a><\/span> for information on how you can<\/em>\u00a0support the\u00a0Read To Succeed Initiative<\/em><\/h2>\n